Yearly Archive: 2020

S. Korea Completes Deployment of K-9 Howitzer

S. Korea Completes Deployment of K-9 Howitzer

South Korea has completed the deployment of the K-9 self-propelled howitzer, about 20 years after it was first put into force in the country, the arms procurement agency said Friday.

Manufactured by Hanwha Defense, a South Korean defense firm, the 155-millimeter K-9 artillery gun was first deploy…

HMS Albion Works with Turkish Navy in the Med

HMS Albion Works with Turkish Navy in the Med

UK flagship HMS Albion linked up with the Turkish Navy in the eastern Mediterranean, fresh from a workout in Egypt.

The assault ship – which is leading the UK’s experimental amphibious deployment to the region – joined forces with frigate TCG Gemlik for a series of combined exercises and manoeuvr…

61st UNITAS Exercise Tests Interoperability Among Forces

61st UNITAS Exercise Tests Interoperability Among Forces

UNITAS LXI, the world’s longest running multinational maritime exercise, concluded with a closing ceremony in Manta, Ecuador, Nov. 11.

For this year’s iteration of UNITAS, Ecuador served as the host nation, joined by forces from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Peru, Urugua…

Elbit Launches Portable Tactical SATCOM System

Elbit Launches Portable Tactical SATCOM System

HAIFA, Israel — Elbit Systems has launched E-LynX-Sat, a compact satellite communications (SATCOM) add-on system. The new system utilizes a lightweight less than 1 Kg terminal that interfaces with Elbit Systems’ E-LynX Software Defined Radio (SDR) solution.

E-LynX-Sat enables Infantry and mane…

Industry Collaboration Enhances C-130J Hercules Fleet

Industry Collaboration Enhances C-130J Hercules Fleet

Collaboration with industry has improved the availability of Air Force’s C-130J Hercules transport fleet by one additional aircraft on average over an 18-month period.

Since early 2019, availability and serviceability within the 12-aircraft fleet has increased over the same time that they have s…

Sweden Launches Review of Defense Procurement Strategy

Sweden Launches Review of Defense Procurement Strategy

Today, the government announced that FMV’s former director general Gunnar Holmgren will be commissioned to present a strategy for the military’s needs for materiel and related research, technological development and services in peace, crisis and war. The assignment must be finalized no later than 4 …
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